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MEET: MESMER DISCIPLES
Hailing from the DIY capital of the North, Leeds band Mesmer Disciples are hard to slip into any particular niche, cock your ear left and they’re a full psyched out Cramps influenced garage band, cock it back the other way and they have gritty Northern sound not too far removed from The Fall, turn around …
Doctor Bird Reggae Re issues: Ethiopians and Uniques
Cherry Red Reggae Reissues By Leggy Mountbatten Ethiopians Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man UNIQUES ABSOLUTELY THE UNIQUES: EXPANDED EDITION’ Doctor Bird Compilation Following from Novembers Hot Shots Of Reggae reissue, Doctor Bird/Cherry Red reissue more classic Trojan compilations from the vaults. The Ethiopians are one of Jamaica`s t finest and most loved vocal groups responsible for …
News: Tramlines 2018 Details Announced
This morning plans were unveiled for Tramlines 2018 which is to be held for the first time in Hillsborough Park, Sheffield, from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd July. But before we all get too excited there was to be no lineup announcement …that is to follow next Thursday 6th February at 6pm. Get that in …
Live Review: Creeper, Manchester Albert Hall, 09/12/17
Creeper are very much a concept band- their dramatic style and aesthetic a joy to watch. Their 2017 has been nothing short of a whirlwind of greatness; having released their debut album, played the Download Festival main stage and then a full stint on the world famous Warped tour in the US their year is …
Live: Kerrang! Tour 2017, Birmingham O2 Institute – 5.12.17
The Kerrang! tour has been a staple in gig goers calendars for years, big names playing smaller venues accompanied by bands you’ve seen flicking through the pages of the magazine all year round. The line-up is, most of the time, so diverse that you’ll have your ears treated to new genres of music. Past line-up’s …
Live: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, O2 Ritz Manchester – 3.12.17
This specific sold out show has had some hype behind it for a while, much like their album; Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes’ live show is acclaimed by most in the genre as being quite the spectacle. So of course support band Basement have a lot to do to warm the crowd. With their …
ALBUM REVIEW: The Fall: The Singles 1978 – 2016 [boxset]
The Fall Release December 2017 The Singles 1978 – 2016 There have been numerous Fall box sets over the years of varying quality, The Peel Sessions, The Rough Trade Anthology, and 50,000 Fall fans Cant Be Wrong to name a few, so hearing Cherry Red were releasing a new expansive CD set it made me …
ALBUM REVIEW: Cherry Red Reggae Reissues: Hot Shots Of Reggae: Doctor Bird Compilation
Cherry Red Reggae Reissues November 2017 By Leggy Mountbatten Hot Shots Of Reggae Doctor Bird Compilation Following from September`s No More Heartaches and What Am I To Do, Doctor Bird/Cherry Red reissue the classic compilation Hot Shots Of Reggae. Following the great Jamaican sound system operators, Leslie Kong became one of the emerging talents …
PREMIERE: Let Man Loose – Shotgun Good Fun
Ladies and gentlemen, we are in for a treat. Let me introduce to you Let Man Loose: this four-piece rock band hailing from Hull have the City of Culture surging in their veins, and they’re about to prove it with the release of their latest single ‘Shotgun Good Fun’. The rough, unpolished edge to …
To The Outside Of Everything : Various Artists Post Punk Compilation
Compiled by the team behind other Cherry Red box sets (Scared To Get Happy, Still In A Dream, Millions Like Us, Action Time Vision, etc.), this 5 CD box set titled from Shot By Both sides the classic Magazine song explores the roots of Post Punk and the labels behind it. For most true Punk …